BRITISH SCIENTIST TEST RADICAL APPROACH TO CURE PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
An 18-month experiment by British scientists has yeilded some hopeful results in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.With this approach, patients are given a drug which was administered via a "port" in the side of the head. After scans were done, there were visual signs of improvements to the affected areas of the brain. One expert attributes this to the possibility of the reawakening of previously dameged cell of the brain as a result of the disease.
The experimental drug, glial cell derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is administered with the hope that it could regenerate dying brain cells and even reverse the condition. principal investigator, Dr. Alan Whone. remarked that , patients in the trial.showed some improvements.
Parkinson's disease causes the brain to become progressively damaged, resulting in a range of symptom, such as involuntaryshaking and stiff, inflexible muscles.
Source: BBC Health
An 18-month experiment by British scientists has yeilded some hopeful results in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.With this approach, patients are given a drug which was administered via a "port" in the side of the head. After scans were done, there were visual signs of improvements to the affected areas of the brain. One expert attributes this to the possibility of the reawakening of previously dameged cell of the brain as a result of the disease.
The experimental drug, glial cell derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is administered with the hope that it could regenerate dying brain cells and even reverse the condition. principal investigator, Dr. Alan Whone. remarked that , patients in the trial.showed some improvements.
Parkinson's disease causes the brain to become progressively damaged, resulting in a range of symptom, such as involuntaryshaking and stiff, inflexible muscles.
Source: BBC Health